Tag: loss prevention policy and procedures
2005 Technology Preview
EDITOR’S NOTE: As loss prevention departments plan for 2005, many of you may wonder what new technologies or products will be available in the...
LP Hotlines Are Heating Up
Sarbanes-Oxley has turned the attention of top management to a loss prevention standard, the anonymous hotline.
Twenty years ago, the concept of providing an anonymous,...
LP and HRManaging Two Seemingly Divergent Functions
EDITORS NOTE: Dan Doyle is vice president of loss prevention and human resource administration for Bealls Inc. of Bradenton, Florida. He is not only...
Retooling the LP Strategy at Home Depot
If you're looking for the perfect LP strategy that will resolve accounting errors, stanch losses to internal theft, and scare away thieves, you can stop searching. It doesn't exist.
Procurement Fraud: Buyer Beware
There is arguably no area more susceptible to fraud than procurement. Why? The answer revolves around a disconnect between how organizations view internal buyers of...
Biometric Technology: Providing Security and Preventing Loss
The ability to accurately verify a person’s identity is of critical importance in today’s heightened security environment. Whether it is to prevent access to aircraft...
Trademark Enforcement
In the early part of November 2002, we received a call from an informant indicating she had information on counterfeit Tiffany & Co. merchandise...
The Quest for Excellence at Saks Fifth Avenue
EDITORS NOTE:Rosamaria Sostilio is vice president of asset protection for Saks Fifth Avenue. She manages the corporate and field organizations and is responsible for...
Civil Recovery in the Sunshine State
Many people are familiar with civil recovery demands in Florida for $200 and use that amount as requested statutory damages for any civil shoplift...
Thinking Outside the Small Box
Brad Seehoffer, district loss prevention manager for thirty-eight Big Lots stores in upstate New York and Pennsylvania, remembers the good old days of loss...